Dec 2018 Winners
Khai Le
Entertainment
1st Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Feature
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
HM
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
2nd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
3rd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
General News
1st Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
HM
Thomas R Cordova / Daily Breeze/Press Telegram
2nd Place
Thomas R Cordova / Daily Breeze/Press Telegram
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Portrait
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
3rd Place
Thomas R Cordova / Daily Breeze/Press Telegram
Photo Essay
1st Place
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register
![Central American migrants who traveled with the caravan, gather around a pickup truck where members from a church in Tijuana hand out new clothes and much-needed shoes outside the El Barretal shelter on Tuesday, December 4, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333150918-9Q8PAG7UDV0Z22APDCC6/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_01.jpg)
![A Tijuana church group provides new shoes and clothing to Central American migrants outside the El Barretal shelter on Tuesday, December 4, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333147995-8KLSSOLCQ7BTQ9K6MHG9/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_02.jpg)
![Two men while away the afternoon outside the El Barretal shelter in Tijuana on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333152143-DHCOJ34UQMDSCVKFZOOH/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_03.jpg)
![A man puts his new jump rope to use outside the El Barretal shelter after volunteers passed out toys and coloring books in Tijuana on Tuesday, December 4, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333160311-I36UW3KB5RRKYZWXFY4P/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_04.jpg)
![Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter at El Barretal in Tijuana. The inside is dark and features three stories of space with no running water.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333163268-6UWYEOANXLZPEB3J07U8/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_05.jpg)
![Workers with Unicef, World Vision and La Jugarreta, gather information about the welfare of children staying at the El Barretal shelter in Tijuana on Tuesday, December 4, 2018.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333171473-RSDUOMEQ9WXHTTPWLFYM/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_06.jpg)
![A man suns his feet as he sleeps outside the El Barretal shelter in Tijuana on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Shoes are one of the most needed items to caravan walkers who wore them out on the trek to Mexico.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333172877-9YZWAC5E2EK5ASAQVVDK/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_07.jpg)
![Resa Cole of Los Angeles gets hugged by 8-year-old Ruth, a Honduran migrant outside the El Barretal shelter in Tijuana on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Cole and her friends have raised more than $15,000 on social media to help the thousands of migrants](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52802b23e4b0aea5e0585a6d/1552333176493-TAKVDHB4NUSYDJ1BMJXJ/12_MS_MigrantsInMexico_08.jpg)
2nd Place
Apu Gomes / AFP
3rd Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Sport Action
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
2nd Place
Libby Cline Birmingham / Freelance
3rd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
Sport Feature
1st Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
HM
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
2nd Place
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise
3rd Place
Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News
Spot News
1st Place
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
2nd Place
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance
3rd Place
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance
Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Business Journal / Freelance - 1340
Terry Pierson / The Press Enterprise - 1290
Will Lester / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 820
Thomas R Cordova / Daily Breeze/Press Telegram - 770
Mindy Schauer / Orange County Register - 625
Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News - 325
Mark J. Terrill / AP - 150
Ronen Tivony / Freelance - 150
Joe Fanaselle / Freelance - 100
Mike Nelson / EPA - 40
Richard Koehler / Freelance - 40
Libby Cline Birmingham / Freelance - 30
Jennifer Cappuccio Maher / Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 20
Ed Crisostomo / Orange County Register - 20
Apu Gomes / AFP - 20